North Carolina · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in North Carolina

Imperigo has identified 371 funders that made 2,885 grants totaling $237.8M to 215 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in North Carolina, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in North Carolina

Total granted $237.8M
Funders 371
Grants 2,885
Organizations funded 215

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Impact Health
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $735K · through 2024 · 16.6% of their giving
$4.1M
2. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
81 grants to 29 organizations · largest $3.9M · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$7.4M
3. State Employees' Credit Union
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2020 · 24.7% of their giving
$2.0M
4. North Carolina Community Foundation
70 grants to 31 organizations · largest $3.5M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$6.4M
5. Shfbnwnc Headquarters Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $365K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$972K
6. Hendrick Family Foundation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $932K · through 2024 · 11.0% of their giving
$1.5M
7. Polk County Community Foundation Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $316K · through 2024 · 11.9% of their giving
$1.2M
8. Walnut Cove Members Association Inc
31 grants to 5 organizations · largest $39K · through 2025 · 17.7% of their giving
$737K
9. Amy Wellness Foundation
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 15.6% of their giving
$826K
10. East Carolina Health
25 grants to 7 organizations · largest $62K · through 2023 · 19.4% of their giving
$475K
11. Wnc Bridge Foundation
33 grants to 16 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$1.2M
12. The North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $76K · through 2023 · 35.7% of their giving
$362K
13. Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$910K
14. Bart Ehrman Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2025 · 15.1% of their giving
$326K
15. The Dale Jr Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025 · 9.7% of their giving
$451K
16. Triangle Community Foundation Inc
61 grants to 23 organizations · largest $302K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$2.4M
17. The Winston-Salem Foundation
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2023
$3.5M
18. Foundation for the Carolinas
77 grants to 32 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$7.7M
19. North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs Inc
20 grants to 4 organizations · largest $17K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$258K
20. New Hanover Community Endowment Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $713K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$1.4M
21. The High Country Charitable Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $90K · through 2022 · 22.7% of their giving
$102K
22. Womens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025 · 10.7% of their giving
$142K
23. The Peninsula Community Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$137K
24. Gaston Community Foundation
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$669K
25. High Point Community Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $31K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$187K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition work in North Carolina, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering food, agriculture & nutrition work, with an address in North Carolina. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable food, agriculture & nutrition funding in North Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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